Use of muscle activity indices as a relative measure of well-being in cultured sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 582, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 271-280

  Lembo, G ^a   Carbonara, P ^a   Scolamacchia, M ^a   Spedicato, M T ^a   McKinley, R S ^b  

^a Bari Torre a Mare ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity levels; Electromyograms; Fish well being; Physiological telemetry; Sea bass

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FISH; PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS ANALYSIS; TELEMETERING;

ACTIVITY LEVELS; FISH WELL-BEING; PHYSIOLOGICAL TELEMETRY; SEA BASS;

MUSCLE;

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION; BIOENERGETICS; BIOTELEMETRY; COMPENSATION; CONDITION FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FISH CULTURE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; OXIC CONDITIONS; PERCID; SWIMMING;

FISHES; METABOLISM;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 33947651556     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0538-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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